American Made: Shapers of the American Economy

by Harold C. Livesay

In the revision of this seminal text, Harold Livesay introduces students to the key trends of American business, while maintaining the clarity and intellectual acumen that has made this text a perennial choice for instructors of U.S. History.
American Made presents the history of the people who forever changed the way that Americans do business. This edition has updated the stories of historical business figures with the latest scholarship, and has added important figures that have redefined American business in recent years. Additionally, two new themes of American business have been globalization, and the impact of information technology.

Genres: History

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1979

About the author

A specialist in American business history, Harold Livesay was professor of history at Texas A&M University. He earned his B.A. from the University of Delaware in 1966, an M.A. (1968) and Ph.D. (1970) from The Johns Hopkins University. Prior to his appointment at Texas A&M he taught at the University of Michigan, the State University of New York at Binghamton, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Reviews

[Elmira · Rating 1 out of 5]

Every single chapter in this book could’ve easily been half its length with all the unnecessary details that related to NOTHING. The author spent more time talking about these individuals’ childhoods than their actual contributions to society. All the tangents distracted from the main points of the chapters. For one chapter, the author started by ranting about how teenagers spend too much time on their phones. WHY??? It related to nothing!! I have never found history textbooks to be boring; I actually enjoy them, but this book put me to sleep every. single. time. This was definitely not worth the money I spent on it.

[Alyssa Boyer]

I took a class from Livesay at Texas A&M, and of course he assigned his own book as required course reading. There are some interesting things, he did a wonderful job of showing the reader how these innovations shaped our lives today. As a professor he was absolutely insane, but the man has a talent for writing, even though I found this book dry and boring in parts.